Two-stage deployment aneurysm embolization devices
Embolic implants, delivery systems and methods of manufacture and delivery are disclosed. The subject implants are deployed in two stages. If sized properly as observed in the first stage, they are deployed to the second stage and detached. If not sized properly in/at the first stage, the implants are designed to be withdrawn and replaced with a more appropriately sized implant or another treatment option selected. Some of the implant configurations may be withdrawn even after the second stage deployment as well.
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This application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/US20121024747, filed on Feb. 10, 2012, entitled TWO-STAGE DEPLOYMENT ANEURYSM EMBOLIZATON DEVICES, which claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/441,845, filed on Feb. 11, 2011, the entire contents of each being incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUNDNumerous companies have pursued ball-type embolization devices for aneurysm treatment. Many of these, including the Nfocus LUNA device and other embodiments disclosed in commonly-owned patent applications are designed to be sized to fit a given aneurysm when the implant is fully deployed outside a delivery catheter. The same is true for the braid-ball implants disclosed and produced by Sequent Medical, Inc.
At least with the LUNA device, if size as visualized upon deployment (under active x-ray—i.e., “medical imaging”) is acceptable to a physician, the implant is detached. If not, the device is retrieved and exchanged for a more appropriate size. No example of devices designed for intra-aneurysmal treatment are known in which confirmation of final sizing is accomplished under medical imaging where the implant is deployed only up to a pre-selected or identified point. Certainly, embolization coils are often partially deployed within an aneurysm and visualized to determine if their size and/or configuration is acceptable before further advancing the same and effecting release. However, these are not deployed to a specified point as marked on the delivery system for making a size check.
SUMMARYGenerally, braid-balls for aneurysm or other embolization through blood flow disruption and thrombus formation are described. More specifically, variations of the invention concern a subject hub region architecture that may be employed in a single-layer braid ball implant or a double-layer “LUNA” type (i.e., folded-over/flat) implant architecture.
In use, the bulb of the subject implant is deployed in an aneurysm with the estimated final position of the proximal end visualized by aligning a catheter marker with the device proximal end. The implant end may include a band or otherwise (such as by welding) serve as a hub to the braid from which the implant is constructed. Other options as described further below are disclosed as well.
Regardless, if the first stage/bulb “fits”, then the adjacent retracted hub region is fully deployed (i.e., the second stage is deployed) and the implant is released from its pusher. The position of the catheter shaft marker and shape of the (first) sizing stage of the implant may be selected from a number of options as shown and described, as well as others.
The shape in the hub region is preferably configured to provide force for self-actuation upon catheter exit. One advantageous configuration is substantially spherical. Another contemplated shape is defined by two conical bodies meeting around a common base. When inset in a more curvilinear (heart-shaped) in cross section, the deployed hub can provide additional blood flow satiation zone(s) within the implant.
In any case, the inset is provided such that it can retract even when the implant is compressed to fit a high aspect ratio aneurysm. As demonstrated, the implant is operable in a pocket simulating an aneurysm with a dome-to-width ratio of about 2:1. Based on the implant configuration, higher ratios will be possible as well.
The exemplary embodiment demonstrating such activity employs a small spherical inset region. The inset region was defined over a spherical ball about 3 mm in diameter, for an implant between at least about 6-7 mm in gross outside diameter. Thus, the nested inset region can fully expand even within the outer bulb when partially compressed. When using the double-cone shape for the inset region, the additional stored energy available at the medial crease can be of further assistance driving inset shape recovery. Moreover, the conical taper can provide improved clearance for full expansion of the inset form in cases where the outer body or bulb of the implant is further compressed.
The distal/terminal end of the implant and any associated proximal hub/band may be positioned at the periphery of the bulb of the implant when fully deployed, or more inset in varying degrees. When employed in a “LUNA” folded-flat configuration, the distal marker of the implant is internal and a tether extends to the proximal hub of the device. In a one-layer implementation (i.e., a configuration that presents one layer at the distal end of the implant with the option of more at a proximal side depending on inset shape configuration) the distal marker be provided by a radiopaque material (e.g., Pt) band capturing the braid. As to the proximal side of either such device, it may comprise a radiopaque band capturing the braid. As discussed in US Patent Application No. 2011/0319926 (Becking, et al.) another option is to remove the band after the braid has been glued to create a composite hub construct.
In yet another variation, no such hub or band is provided at the proximal end of the braid defining the implant. Instead, a length of braid (between about 1 and about 2 mm long) is employed as a delivery system interface. Such a “tail” or sleeve of braid, when confined within a catheter is able to firmly grip/interlock with a complementary delivery system surface. In such a system, the delivery system surface is also advantageously covered or constructed of braid of a similar wire size and configuration to promote interlocking. Once the implant is free of the catheter, the (formerly) confined sleeve of braid defining the implant tail opens to permit the inner delivery system pusher member to be pulled free.
The forming method for a LUNA-style hidden hub implant is detailed herein in two heatsetting stages. Stage 1 produces a double-layer “folded-flat” implant preform with a columnar inset. Stage 2 changes the shape of the inset into a spherical volume. In the second forming and heatsetting procedure, a proximal suture tie may be employed in defining a second folded-flat region like that at the distal side as formed in Stage 1. The second heatsetting cycle may also be employed to modify the shape of the outer bulb. For example, while retaining the “folded-flat” distal bend(s), the gross shape of the bulb may be compressed from a substantially cylindrical shape to a more squat or flattened “M&M” shape (e.g., ellipsoidal). So-shaped, greater radial force is available for aneurysm fit and/or a greater range of treatment sites made available. Further reference to heatsetting methodology and delivery systems as may be applied to the present invention are presented in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/465,475 and PCT/US2009/041313 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/942,209 and PCT/US2010/56051, each incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Other manufacture techniques are applicable as well. For instance, a selective heat treatment approach is contemplated in which a portion of the implant performing being shaped is set over a ferromagnetic material (e.g., 304 magnetic stainless steel alloy) and is heated through induction utilizing a radio-frequency (RF) field. Such an approach strictly localizes the heat treatment to areas in contact with the induction-heated element. To insure that no other material is significantly heat-affected, such activity may be conducted under the flow of coolant such as Nitrogen or Argon gas or some other medium. In any case, such an approach may be advantageously used in the “Stage 2” operation described above for re-shaping the inset region, without applying a second heat treat to the remainder of the implant preform.
The body of the subject implants may be constructed of NiTi alloy that is superelastic at human body temperature. Advantageously, the wire is in the size range of 0.0008 to 0.0013 inches, although it may be larger or smaller. It may be etched pre- and/or post-heat treatment using AYA solution or by such processes employed by service providers including NDC, Inc. Binary Nitinol alloy may be employed, or the alloy may include Au, Pt, W, Ir, Pd, alloys thereof or another dense element to improve radiopacity. Another approach to improving radiopacity contemplates using a plurality of such wires or ribbons intermixed when braiding with Nitinol. Otherwise, Pt core Nitinol Drawn Filled Tube (DFT) may be employed or other means.
The braid matrix is particularly effective in promoting thrombosis in order to embolize an aneurysm as its density increases. For a given catheter crossing profile, a certain maximum braid configuration is possible. For example, “folded-flat” implants as further described herein that are intended to track to the neurovasculature through commercially available 3 Fr/0.027 inch catheters (such as the REBAR or MARKSMAN) may be constructed from a 72×0.001″ braid configuration (as originally provided or etched thereto) or 96×0.0009″ braid (ditto) configuration. In single layer implant architectures, 144-end braid configurations are feasible with similar crossing profile with wire size in the range of about 0.008 to about 0.0011 inches in diameter. Still, it is to be noted that higher end count braid (e.g., 192 or 288) can be employed in the subject invention as can other braid end multiples/configurations. Likewise, it is possible to construct braided implants indented for 0.021 inch catheter compatibility. These may advantageously use two layers of 48×0.001″ braid or higher “end” multiple counts in thinner wire/filament or single-layer 72 or 96 end braid selections, etc.
In any case, the subject inventions include the devices, kits in which they are included, methods of use and methods of manufacture. More detailed discussion is presented in connection with the figures below.
The figures provided herein are not necessarily drawn to scale, with some components and features exaggerated for clarity. Variations of the invention from the embodiments pictured are contemplated. Accordingly, depiction of aspects and elements of the invention in the figures are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Various exemplary embodiments of the inventive aspects are described below. Reference is made to these examples in a non-limiting sense. They are provided to illustrate more broadly applicable aspects of the subject inventions. Various changes may be made to the subject matter described and equivalents may be substituted without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention(s).
Aneurysm Embolization Systems
The embodiments described herein are specifically designed so that, when deployed to a given stage within an aneurysm, the size of this stage is representative of the final size and configuration of the implant upon final deployment with the delivery system. Several advantages can be achieved in conjunction with such a system. One such advantage involves the opportunity to minimize delivery profile and/or complexity given the unique implant/delivery system interaction enabled. Another advantage involves the opportunity to provide larger implant sizes for a given delivery profile. Still another set of advantages involves the ease of expanded implant recapture, together with associated procedural and patient safety advantages. All told, aspects of the present invention (alone and/or in combination with one another) provide for a new and useful system for neurovascular aneurysm treatment or for treating other vascular, pocket-type or luminal defects.
In
As such, at either intermediate stage of delivery (i.e., in a system configured per
Notably, all of the figures up to this point illustrate an inset region 14 configuration as shown in cross section per
For example,
Again, the length or position of the inset extension 82 can be varied. For example, it may be desirable to extend it such that the position of the hub marker 34′ appears in roughly the center of implant 30 when uncompressed as illustrated in dashed line. Such an approach may be desirable when intending to fill a cavity with multiple numbers (e.g., in a multi-ball treatment approach to giant aneurysm) of the same implant that are allowed to fully expand, rather than form-fitting a single implant to fill an aneurysm. In which case, the hub can serve as a single, centrally-located marker.
Next,
With respect to
More generally,
The whole length of the pusher may comprise metal braid which is encased/co-extruded by Polyimide with the distal section ablated from the braid. Components for such construction and ablation services are available from Microlumen, Inc. Tapered flex can be designed into the shaft by further selective ablation and/or including a taper-ground wire (floating or bonded) within a lumen of the pusher construction.
The delivery microcatheter includes a distal soft tip 56 and distal marker 52. A proximal reference marker 54 on the catheter is shown located between a pair of reference markers 110 on pusher 122. So long as the catheter holds the implant interface section compressed to the pusher retention section, the implant can be retrieved.
However, upon full deployment as shown in
Also noteworthy is manner in which the inset may be shaped to facilitate implant release. As illustrated by dashed line of features 102′ and 108′ in
Implant Manufacture
As referenced above, the subject implant architecture may be employed in a single layer braid ball implant or a double-layer LUNA type (folded-over/flat) approach.
As illustrated in
Once freed of the form elements as shown in
With a mandrel 218 secured (e.g., by a metal tie 220) in position relative to form 214, a shoulder 222 can be used to compress a proximal fold 234 in the device, and a table or flat 222 can be used to compress the bulb against table element 224 into a modified shape (in this case more “squat” or ellipsoidal in cross-section) in a second heatsetting step to define a “Stage 2” of “Final” shape preform 200′.
Such a process flow path is illustrated as the left path in the flowchart of
As an alternate flow path, after the first heatsetting and second shaping, only the inset is heatset at 306′. This can be accomplished as described above using a ferromagnetic material and induction field to concentrate heat for setting the shape of the braid in contact with element 214, for example.
Generally when the braid comprises Nitinol, any such heatsetting is accomplished between 500-550° C. for a period up to about 5 minutes. Such heating may be followed by quenching in water or be otherwise performed.
Regardless, it is further contemplated that the entire shaping of the implant may occur in one more complex cycle 310 in which each of the bulb and inset portions of the implant are formed simultaneously over a more complex set of nested forms. Such an approach may be especially viable when the implant only comprises a single layer of braid instead of also including a folded-flat distal section.
Variations
The subject methods may include each of the physician activities associated with implant positioning and release. As such, methodology implicit to the positioning and deployment of an implant device forms part of the invention. Such methodology may include placing an implant within a brain aneurysm, or at parent vessel targeted for occlusion, or other applications. In some methods, the various acts of implant introduction to an aneurysm or parent vessel are considered. More particularly, a number of methods according to the present invention involve the manner in which the delivery system operates in reaching a treatment site, for example. Other methods concern the manner in which the system is prepared for delivering an implant.
Also, it is contemplated that any optional feature of the inventive variations described may be set forth and claimed independently, or in combination with any one or more of the features described herein. Reference to a singular item, includes the possibility that there is a plurality of the same items present. More specifically, as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” “said,” and “the” include plural references unless specifically stated otherwise. In other words, use of the articles allow for “at least one” of the subject item in the description above as well as the claims below. It is further noted that the claims may be drafted to exclude any optional element. As such, this statement is intended to serve as antecedent basis for use of such exclusive terminology as “solely,” “only” and the like in connection with the recitation of claim elements, or use of a “negative” limitation.
Without the use of such exclusive terminology, the term “comprising” in the claims shall allow for the inclusion of any additional element irrespective of whether a given number of elements are enumerated in the claim, or the addition of a feature could be regarded as transforming the nature of an element set forth in the claims. Except as specifically defined herein, all technical and scientific terms used herein are to be given as broad a commonly understood meaning as possible while maintaining claim validity.
The breadth of the present invention is not to be limited to the examples provided and/or the subject specification, but rather only by the scope of the claim language. All references cited are incorporated by reference in their entirety. Although the foregoing invention has been described in detail for purposes of clarity of understanding, it is contemplated that certain modifications may be practiced within the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1. An aneurysm treatment system comprising:
- a catheter with a distal marker and a proximal reference marker;
- an implant pusher; and
- an implant connected to a distal end of the implant pusher and comprising a bulbous portion and a tail portion, the tail portion adapted to be received in a linear configuration within the catheter with a distal end of the tail portion being proximal to the bulbous portion when the implant is in an intermediate stage, the tail portion defining an inset within the bulbous portion when the implant is in a final stage,
- wherein at least one of the pusher and the implant comprises an implant marker, wherein when the implant marker is aligned with the proximal reference marker, the implant is in the intermediate stage with the bulbous portion of the implant deployed from the catheter, wherein, when the implant marker is aligned with the distal marker, the implant is in the final stage with the implant deployed from the catheter and the tail portion defining the inset within the bulbous portion, wherein the implant has a height that is approximately the same in the intermediate stage and in the final stage.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bulbous portion has a teardrop shape in the intermediate stage.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the bulbous portion has a mushroom shape in the intermediate stage.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the inset is configured to be recapturable in clinical use.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the inset is configured so that it is not recapturable in clinical use.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the inset is substantially spherical.
7. The system of claim 5, wherein the inset has an opposing cone shape.
8. The system of claim 5, wherein the inset includes an inverted hub.
9. The system of claim 5, wherein the inset includes no hub.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the inset is adapted to expand from a compressed conical shape.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the inset is adapted to expand into the bulbous portion.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 8, 2013
Date of Patent: Jul 19, 2016
Patent Publication Number: 20140172001
Assignee: Covidien LP (Mansfield, MA)
Inventors: Frank P. Becking (Santa Clara, CA), Karl S. Halden (San Carlos, CA), Martin S. Dieck (Campbell, CA), Nicholas C. Debeer (Montara, CA), Teresa Ruvalcaba (Palo Alto, CA), Andre-Jean Lundkvist (Palo Alto, CA)
Primary Examiner: Todd J Scherbel
Application Number: 13/962,267
International Classification: A61B 17/12 (20060101); A61B 17/00 (20060101);